On Sunday, a bus carrying Yemeni air force personnel was bombed, killing at least one, but possibly as many as six. Yemeni police also say they uncovered a plot to bomb a US language institute, though institute officials have not confirmed the report.

International aid group Doctors Without Borders says they have received roughly 3,600 patients with 'neurotoxic symptons' from an alleged attack earlier this week in eastern Damascus. On Saturday, Syrian media accused rebels of using chemical weapons.

The Pakistani government's offer to facilitate peace talks with the Taliban has caused a rift in the organization's leadership. The leader of a side-group reportedly welcomed the offer, infuriating the main Taliban organization.

Ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai said he made mistakes that lead to his former police chief's defection to the US, and his revelations that Bo's wife killed a British businessman. Bo denied trying to cover up the murder.

Police say a second suspect, arrested Saturday, has confessed his involvement in the gang rape of a 22-year-old photojournalist. The journalist, and Indian woman, was on assignment with a male colleague when they were attacked. She was repeatedly raped by five men.

Russia and other allies have urged Syrian President Bashar Assad to cooperate with the U.N.'s investigations into the use of chemical agents. On Saturday, Syrian media reported the alleged use of chemical weapons by rebel groups. Rebels accused government forces of an alleged gas attack that killed more than 130 people Wednesday.

A helicopter carrying 18 people from an offshore oil platform to Sumburgh airport in Shetland, Scotland, crashed in the North Sea, about two miles from the airport. Four died in the crash, and 14 were taken to the hospital, though their injuries were not serious.

Egypt's military has set up a constitutional committee, which has proposed scrapping changes made to the constitution under ousted President Mohamed Morsi, and reinstating some Mubarak-era policies, like a return to an old voting system.

Lebanese authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with a set of coordinated explosions Friday, outside two mosques in Tripoli. Police say at least 47 were killed in the attack and more than 500 wounded.

Third gender option: Babies born in Germany can now be designated male, female, or neither. The law seeks to protect babies from gender-assignment surgery, which has been the standard treatment for babies born without distinguishing genitalia.